Paris also on our show. Polands prochoice activists promise their protests will continue their taking to the streets for a 7th straight day against a near total ban on abortion. And 7 months after the shooting of a black woman in her home by police in kentucky we need people pushing for reforms in law enforcement. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today germany is closing down at least partially the german chancellor all a macro has announced a limited National Lockdown for most of november now the goal is to stop an alarming rise in new corona virus infections theyve now hit a new one day record of about 17000. 00 beginning monday restaurants gyms bars and theaters will be among the businesses shutting down schools shops and places of worship rules though remains open. The deserted streets of the spring are about to become all too familiar again in germany for 4 weeks from november 2nd the entire country will be under a partial lockdown faced with another record high of daily c
Not not alone one has to say is that in the current process the parliaments of the regional parliaments and the splendors talk the central German Parliament have played. No role at 0 or a very very reduced row they have not really been consulted and they feel that this contravenes german practice the rights and the. How shall i say the powers that the separation of powers of the parliament should be involved as one of the cries we heard out there now early in her speech on the macro pointed out that these measures do curtail our freedoms and our rights and that they do harm the economy but she said they are nonetheless very necessary right now what did she lay out as in terms of the reasons for these measures well i think what she repeated about 4 or 5 times in her speech which i think for her. Character was quite impassioned in fact and emotional. She repeated several times that it is no longer possible to trace the source of all the infections that are taking place in germany today w